Are We There Yet? How Much Further? – A Progress Report from the Field of Grazing
I sometimes worry that I might be living in an echo chamber. I constantly talk to people who are int
- Published: 4 years ago on October 9, 2017
- By: John Marble
- Last Modified: October 9, 2017 @ 4:43 pm
- Filed Under: Consider This
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Same Here Chip and John. NRCS pays something around half of the cost of putting in fences, watering systems, interseeding to improve pastures, brush management and many other things that benefit ranches to increase the speed of adoption.
I do not understand why ranchers don’t want to double profit by increasing biomass to benefit cattle, wildlife, ecosystem services such as clean runoff and much more.
I DO NOT want this to become a regulatory issue like confinements. Here’s the rub. Every civilization that has lost its topsoil ceased to exist almost immediately. Farmers have the biggest burden but ranchers need to do our part too.
John is correct on the slow adoption to managed grazing. Unfortunately, I have no solution other than to just keep plugging away, one producer at a time. We’re up against human nature, which to date, no one has figured out.